<p>To achieve the climate targets and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in general, all hands should be on deck to their full but differentiated potential. Climate change and the environmental crisis are among the greatest challenges not only to sustainable development, but to the very existence of humanity. In Africa, the adverse impact is even greater. This paper explores how youth inclusivity has been expressed at the UNFCCC’s Conferences of the Parties (COPs) over the years and examines the resulting trends. It also explores the structural and policy bottlenecks to engaging African youth in climate action, as well as some of the emerging opportunities to engage African youth in tackling climate change. The article finds that at the international level, the UNFCCC’s Conferences of the Parties (COPs) has increasingly become a powerful force for youths’ engagement. However, it is not yet clear to what extent the inclusion of young people in climate action has been captured in countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). While it cannot be referred to as a missed opportunity, the paper argues that there should have been better strategies to empower and engage young people and researchers from LDCs, particularly from Africa, to participate adequately in the search for local solutions to a global problem—climate change. The paper recommends expanding scientific work to explore how the diverse impacts of climate change on youths, based on different geographical locations, have led to different roles for young people in adapting to climate change. As African countries review their NDCs, the role of young people needs to be emboldened. Indeed, there is a need to develop effective both economic and political strategies for engaging young people in climate action in LDCs, as well as clear measures of inclusivity.</p>